HC Deb 21 October 1991 vol 196 cc398-9W
Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will state separately for full-time workers, part-time workers and all workers(a) the number and (b) the percentage earning less than £130 per week for (i) women, (ii) men and (iii) all workers, excluding overtime pay in (1) Leyton, (2) Walthamstow, (3) Chingford and (4) Greater London, for the last year for which figures are available.

Mr. Jackson

The information available from the April 1991 new earnings survey is given in the following table.

Employees on adult rates whose pay was not affected by absence with weekly earnings excluding overtime below £130.
April 1991
Waltham Forest1 Greater London
Number in survey Per cent. Number in survey Per cent.
Full-time women 8 8.3 347 4.4
Full-time men 6 3.9 268 2.1
Full-time adults 14 5.6 615 3.0
1 Due to small sample numbers, the information may be unreliable.